Tuesday 10 February 2009 07.08 EST
First published on Tuesday 10 February 2009 07.08 EST

A recent satellite image of Australia. Places where temperatures were warmer than average are red, such as the state of Victoria (bottom R), places experiencing near-normal temperatures are white, and places where temperatures were cooler than average are blue

The Bunyip bushfires north of Warrigal which are still burning, and have left a large scene of devastation. Julie Whiteley lost her entire house though managed to take her children to safety before the fires hit

Rosaleen Dove cries as she looks at her blackened trees in her back yard in Wandong. Rosaleen, her husband and relatives fought off the fire that surrounded their hilltop home, sometimes stamping out small flames with their feet